Food and Magic (1943)
1943 · Ephemeral film · 9 min · dir. Jean Negulesco
- War
- Documentary
- Fantasy
Synopsis
A sideshow barker uses magic and visual aids to alert the public that proper food management is both a resource and a weapon that could be to America's advantage if conserved properly in winning the then current World War. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive, Academy War Film Collection, in 2008.
Synopsis from OMDb
Details
- Director
- Jean Negulesco
- Writer
- James Bloodworth
- Studio
- Warner Bros. Pictures
- Released
- 1943-11-18
- Running time
- 9 minutes
Cast & crew
Jean Negulesco Director
Jack Carson
Faye Emerson
Fred Kelsey
Bill Kennedy
Mark Stevens
Dink Trout
Reviews on the Internet Archive
★★★★ · Honey, we have a guest! · Spuzz · 2013-07-23
Film about rationing, cutting down on portions because of the war, and other war time food policies, all done via a small town carnival magician. Only his magic is pretty much all trick photography for this film, to explain the audience the reasoning for ratiioning during wartime. Not a bad method, and certainly interesting.
